Thumb drive carried by Mar-a-Lago intruder immediately installed files on a PC

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The already suspicious account of a Chinese national who allegedly carried four cellphones, a thumb drive containing malware, and other electronics as she breached security at President Trump's private Florida club just grew even more fishy.

According to testimony presented Monday, Yujing Zhang's hotel room had a signal detector and additional suspicious possessions in it. The malware she carried may have been able to infect computers as soon as it was plugged into a computer.

The possessions in Zhang's hotel included five SIM cards, nine USB drives, yet another cell phone, and a signal detector that could scan an area for hidden cameras, according to reports widely circulated Monday. In addition to the electronics, Zhang's hotel room also contained more than $8,000, with $7,500 of it in US $100 bills and $663 in Chinese currency, The Washington Post reported.

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